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Vol 



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VII 



Guidance for JUNE. Publication for May. 



Number 1 



The Figure Carving and Feather Work of Colombia. 



By Paul Griswold Howes, Stamford, Connecticut. Photographs by the Author. 



For years I had read of South 

 American countries, of their snow- 

 capped mountains, their jungles and 

 cities ; and above all of their conta- 

 gious fascination. I had read something 

 of them all, and each seemed equally 

 rich in possibilities ; yet, strange to 

 say, there was but one of these far 

 away countries that I always longed 

 to see. It was Colombia, the most 

 northern of the larger Latin republics. 

 Just why, I do not know, but perhaps 

 Bogota, its capital, mysterious and 



hidden among the Andean hills had 

 something to do with it. 



Then at last sweet fortune came my 

 way. I joined a zoological expedition 

 to explore Colombia and we were to 

 pass through Bogota ! First there 

 were ten days upon a fruit liner, spent 

 in cruising the glorious turquoise 

 southern sea, where flying fishes play 

 and brilliant yellow seaweed tells one 

 of the sun-warmed water. 



At Puerto, Colombia, a baking little 

 coast town, the big steamer drops you. 



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